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Disable window title reporting by default, since it's a security
hazard. I considered removing it completely, but I can't rule out the possibility of an OS that actually takes security of its terminal devices seriously, and which might be able to make sensible and safe use of this feature. [originally from svn r3103]
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\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.61 2003/04/11 17:39:48 simon Exp $
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\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.62 2003/04/12 08:59:06 simon Exp $
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\C{config} Configuring PuTTY
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unexpectedly or inconveniently, you can tell PuTTY not to respond to
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those server commands.
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\S{config-features-qtitle} Disabling remote window title querying
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\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.qtitle}
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PuTTY can optionally provide the xterm service of allowing server
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applications to find out the local window title. This feature is
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disabled by default, but you can turn it on if you really want it.
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NOTE that this feature is a \e{potential security hazard}. If a
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malicious application can write data to your terminal (for example,
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if you merely \c{cat} a file owned by someone else on the server
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machine), it can change your window title (unless you have disabled
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this as mentioned in \k{config-features-retitle}) and then use this
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service to have the new window title sent back to the server as if
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typed at the keyboard. This allows an attacker to fake keypresses
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and potentially cause your server-side applications to do things you
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didn't want. Therefore this feature is disabled by default, and we
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recommend you do not turn it on unless you \e{really} know what you
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are doing.
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\S{config-features-dbackspace} Disabling destructive backspace
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\cfg{winhelp-topic}{features.dbackspace}
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